Gold Ship had seen the whole thing from beginning to end.
Including the moment Mejiro Dober kissed Fujiwara Chiya.
"This is too much, Trainer. You waited until the two of them were fighting separately, then took advantage of the opening and stole Mejiro Dober away. You've committed a grave sin in the world of romance. You stole someone else's girl!"
She marched beside Fujiwara Chiya, filled with righteous indignation.
"Now how are you going to explain this to Shirayuki?"
What is there to explain?
Mejiro Dober had probably sensed something already. Maybe deep down, she already understood the relationship between him and Shirayuki, but she simply could not say it for certain. After all, for someone living on the surface side of the world, this matter was far beyond common sense.
Still, Fujiwara Chiya believed that Mejiro Dober was already prepared to accept the truth.
Just as he was also prepared to tell everyone.
"At this point, there's only one way."
Gold Ship pinched her chin like a strategist.
"Trainer has to take Shirayuki too. Only then can you calm her anger. Otherwise, stealing someone's harem isn't a grudge that ends easily. If my deduction is correct, Dober and Shirayuki may have already…"
Sometimes, Fujiwara Chiya truly could not tell whether Gold Ship was genuinely stupid or pretending to be stupid.
When you thought she was spouting nonsense, it turned out everything she said was true.
When you thought she was finally being serious, what came out of her mouth was nonsense.
She seemed to exist in a quantum superposition between genius and idiot, depending entirely on the observer's thoughts.
"Don't worry, Trainer. As an ambassador of peace, I'll definitely help you overcome this crisis. I'll come up with a plan to conquer Shirayuki. Once I've figured it out, I'll tell you."
Without waiting for Fujiwara Chiya to answer, she vanished in a flash.
That girl had been talking to herself from beginning to end, never giving anyone a chance to cut in!
He just hoped she would not stir up more trouble.
"How youthful, Trainer."
A sudden voice rang out again, startling Fujiwara Chiya.
The fiery red-haired uma musume appeared behind him.
"Darley…"
Are all of you Viet Cong or something?
Why do you keep popping out one after another?
"While taking care of an uma musume's body, you also take care of her heart. That is the model of a proper trainer. Not bad."
As if evaluating Fujiwara Chiya, Darley nodded with considerable approval.
"The faster an uma musume runs, the better her qualities. Those qualities can be improved through later training. But likewise, Trainer, you cannot neglect your own training either."
Darley bent down and looked at Fujiwara Chiya's body.
"Oh… you seem a lot stronger than yesterday. Did you use some special method? Well, no matter. Becoming stronger is a good thing. Trainer's qualities can also be improved through training. As they say, a tiger father will not have a dog daughter. Trainer, you must not think you can rest easy just because you have uma musume blood. If you want to create excellent descendants, you need to run fast too."
What in the world is she talking about?
Ever since she started working, Darley's attitude had always been strange. When she referred to the uma musume, she used the odd phrase "the children." She never participated in Tracen activities. She spent all day in the office, sleeping whenever she had nothing to do, and she talked in her sleep especially often.
Most importantly, she had never once shown the proper attitude one should have toward a superior!
Even if I really have half become an uma musume, you still shouldn't spend all day talking about future descendants this and future descendants that.
It's way too direct.
If it had been anyone else, they might have gotten angry at Darley long ago.
Yet for some reason, Fujiwara Chiya simply could not bring himself to be angry at her.
Don't tell me I've been tamed by her too?
Was he being drawn in by that strange, inexplicable affinity radiating from her?
"Why did you come here? Isn't today your day off?"
"I came to see how everyone's training is going. Ah… Shirayuki, that child has grown quite a bit again."
Darley leaned against the fence with a bright smile, looking at the white figure in the distance.
Several people had gathered around Shirayuki and were running together with her.
"Alpha. Trainer, do you know that name?"
"What?"
"Among the first generation of uma musume created by the Three Goddesses, there was one uma musume responsible for leading everyone. Her name was Alpha. Just like Shirayuki, she also had beautiful white hair and blue eyes. From the perspective of an uma musume, she wasn't particularly fast. However, her leadership, her ability to gather others together, allowed her to unite all uma musume around her. You could say that uma musume would not have developed into what they are today without that child's efforts."
"Hah… Is this something taught in history class over in Britain? I've never heard of it."
"It's classified material from uma musume research, so ordinary people aren't usually told. So, Trainer, don't tell anyone else either. I heard it from my father."
"Okay."
Darley continued,
"Alpha created the foundation of today's uma musume system, and Eclipse established the first Tracen Academy. Although this history is very long, no matter how many times I look at it, I never get tired of it."
So this is a historian's hobby, huh.
No wonder she studied uma musume research.
Unfortunately, history was a minus point for Fujiwara Chiya. What he hated most was memorizing years.
"For these two uma musume who made outstanding contributions, the Three Goddesses decided to grant each of them one wish."
This topic still isn't over?
"What wishes…?"
Fujiwara Chiya asked patiently.
"Eclipse wished that all uma musume across the world would follow in her footsteps and continue climbing toward the summit."
Oh?
Now that she mentioned it, there really was a famous saying by Eclipse hanging in the Student Council room.
Eclipse first, the rest nowhere.
In truth, the literal meaning was closer to Eclipse first, the rest nowhere. It was a phrase passed down to commemorate her great achievements. Later, it evolved into the school motto of Tracen academies all over the world.
"And Alpha?"
"Alpha… Her wish was to be able to help those in need. What do you think? A very cute child, isn't she?"
"Mm. Innocent to the point of being a little foolish."
"True. But you shouldn't underestimate her. No matter what, she was the lead horse who could gather all uma musume together."
"How does Darley know all this?" Fujiwara Chiya asked. "Alpha, Eclipse… these should all be things from a very long time ago, right? At least Eclipse was an uma musume from several hundred years ago."
"Of course, through legends. Legends carved into stone and written on paper. I think a large part of them has probably been embellished. For example, their wishes. Aside from the two of them, no one could have known what they wished for, right? So most legends are false. Even so, people still tirelessly explore them. That is the meaning of research."
Darley straightened up.
"Talking with you was very enjoyable, Trainer Chiya. Let's meet again next time."
Just like Gold Ship, she was another person who said whatever she wanted and left at her own pace.